5 Latin Songs, Engineered To Cheer You Up

By Jasmine Garsd, NPR

What do you listen to when you want to stop feeling down and out? We were flooded with suggestions — we might have to record a sequel to this episode — and ended up with a great show in which we play music from a legendary Mexican rock band, a newer Chilean folk artist and, of course, the queen of salsa, the goddess Celia Cruz. Because, as one of our listeners pointed out, if she doesn’t make you smile, you might not have actual blood running in your veins.

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